Author: Reporter

As it became clear that criminally convicted Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Capitol riot popped a bottle of Trump-branded sparkling wine. “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media. Rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, are celebrating Trump’s victory and hoping he makes good on his campaign trail promise to pardon them. Trump did not mention the January 6 defendants, whom he has called “hostages” and “patriots,” during his...

Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values. In Argentina, a president who once bear-hugged Trump at a political conference in Maryland is attacking his critics as rats and parasites, ranting against what he calls a corrupt elite and calling climate change “a socialist lie.” Trump’s second term could realign U.S. diplomacy away from traditional international alliances and more toward populist, authoritarian politicians, according to both those leaders and outside observers. PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBÁN OF HUNGARY Two days before November 5’s election, Hungarian Prime...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned farm in the northeastern village of Banzkow because childcare was widely available. Contrast that with Claudia Huth, a mother of five, who grew up in capitalist West Germany. Huth quit her job as a bank clerk when she was pregnant with her first child and led a life as a traditional housewife in the village of Egelsbach in Hesse, raising the kids and tending to her husband, who...

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration, aside from declaring himself to be a dictator on day one. The convicted felon and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than a year of policy pronouncements and written statements outlined a wide-ranging agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to taxes, regulation, and cultural issues with a more populist bent on trade and a shift in America’s international role. Trump’s agenda also would scale back federal government efforts on civil rights and expand presidential powers. Here is a look at what Trump has proposed: Immigration “Build...

Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins. As voters in nine states determined whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions, opponents used flawed arguements of parental rights to try and undermine support for the ballot proposals. The issue of parental rights and the potential for a constitutional amendment specifically addressing those rights raised significant concerns about equality and the distribution of legal protections. Advocates for a parental rights amendment often argue that parents should have the primary authority to direct their children’s upbringing, education,...